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7075 Aluminum vs. NEMA Laminate

7075 aluminum and NEMA laminate belong to fundamentally different material chemistries. 7075 aluminum is a metal, while NEMA laminate is a polymeric material. Therefore, their performance will be even more dissimilar than would be suggested by the difference in properties. There are 7 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (31, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 7075 aluminum and the bottom bar is NEMA laminate.

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Material Properties

Density, g/cm3 3.0
1.3 to 1.9
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 200
120 to 200
Shear Strength, MPa 150 to 340
69 to 140
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 22 to 54
8.3 to 40
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 28 to 52
17 to 50
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 240 to 590
55 to 260
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
9.0 to 20